Asus Z170-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.05% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	312% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-K (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 10:25
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 672 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 06EA) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 9.73 Parallax 3.44 8% 7.56 fps	MRender 7.76 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 6.26 6% 7.06 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 609GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1900 2088 1297 1163 1157 1156 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,388 Write 2,270 Mixed 1397 SusWrite 1,460 421% 1,879 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 75.8 260% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,211 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 1,031 778% 1,049 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 372%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 641GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 81 75 80 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 50.2 Write 42.5 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 75.7 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 309GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 85 79 87 78 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 121 Write 77.4 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 82.4 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 115GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 57 57 58 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 56.8 63% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 76%
WD WD740HLFS-01G6U0 74GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 37GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 120 121 124 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 86.7 Write 83.6 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 123 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 9,275 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 26.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-K - $299

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	546x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	358x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	226x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	198x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16